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From Venice to Boca Raton for the 2021 U.S. premiere of Glasstress
Ai Weiwei with his glass installation Blossom Chandelier, created in Venice at Berengo Studio. One of 34 major artists in the U.S. premiere of Glasstress 2021 at the Boca Raton Museum of Art (photo by Karolina Sobel).
BOCA RATON, FLA
.- There is every reason this year to have a world view, says Irvin Lippman, the Boca Raton Museum of Arts Executive Director, as South Florida boldly ushers in the new year with the national premiere of Glasstress 2021 Boca Raton. Three years in the making, with 2020 being such a challenging year to coordinate an international exhibition of this size and scope, the effort serves as an important reassurance that art is an essential and enduring part of humanity. This is also a tribute to the resilience of Venices surviving the floods and continuing to make art through the pandemic. Most of these works in glass have never been seen elsewhere, and were handpicked by Kathlee